Manchester United players and staff suit up for United for Unicef charity gala dinner

Aditya Devavrat 16:38 17/11/2017

Manchester United players and staff suited up for the club’s annual United for Unicef gala dinner on Wednesday night.

The black-tie event is one of the highlights of the year for the club off the pitch. This year marked the 18th annual running of the dinner.

“I have always been very supportive of Unicef, and my team and I are proud to once again be a part of this amazing event to support vulnerable children in Thailand,” said United manager Jose Mourinho. “We have raised a fantastic amount of money tonight, which will help to support children with limited or no access to schooling, something that every child should, without question, have a right to.”

Along with its charitable purpose, the dinner is the perfect opportunity for United players and their partners to look their dapper best, and Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and company certainly came through on that front.

The event was hosted by television presenter and lifelong United fan Rachel Riley and BBC Sport’s Mark Chapman, with British grime superstar Stormzy, another lifelong United fan, providing the main entertainment for the night. Game of Thrones star John Bradley West, also in the famous United fan contingent, was in attendance as well.

United for Unicef is the longest partnership of its kind, between a football club and a global organisation, and the yearly gala has now raised over £4million, with £160,000 being raised on Wednesday, all of which will go towards education programmes in Thailand.

Check out photos from the event in our gallery above.

*Quotes taken from Manchester United’s official website.

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